Basil Pesto Eggs and Cheesy Toast

I could eat eggs at every meal; this morning I wanted to fancy up my usual eggs and toast breakfast without trying too hard.  All I did was add a spoonful of premade basil pesto into my eggs and voila! Fancy, schmancy eggs!  I should've added more pesto...and sprinkled in some parmesan to the eggs--I'll do that next time.  For the toast I just layered some shredded cheese I had on top and stuck it in the toaster oven for a bit.  Simple, easy and sure to please!

Camp Food

Camping is not exactly on my top 10 list of most favorite things to do. My years spent in the Girl Scouts as a child did not prepare me for camping as an adult. Mostly due to my lack of appropriate attire, gear, and general dislike for being cold and dirty--camping has just never been that fun to me. However, my boyfriend, a camping enthusiast decided he was going to change all that and turn me into a camping connoisseur. Even though this Labor Day weekend was a cold and wet one, I have to admit I thoroughly enjoyed my new camping experience and can't wait to do it again! For the pansy camping novices like myself, the keys to a good camping experience (in no particular order):

1. Go with someone who knows what they're doing.
2. Find a campsite with showers (at the very least, toilets).
3. If you don't have an oldschool VW bus to sleep in, make sure your tent has a blow up mattress--check for holes before you leave.
4. Layers, layers, layers.
5. Bring a propane stove...no more beans and weenies! You can eat gourmet out in the wild!

Here is some of the yumminess we ate!

Bring some marinated chicken or beef and add your favorite veggies to make delicious skewers.

While skewering, quarter red potatoes, boil for about 10 minutes then season and grill.

Set the potatoes aside and toss green beans, mushrooms, bacon and onions on the grill.

This was so incredibly yummy!


Breakfast was campfire eggs and bacon. Simply cut a whole out of the middle of bread with the cap of one of your seasonings or cookie cutter. Crack eggs into the center and cook until done.


The next evening we added chopped broccoli to the leftovers (potatoes, onions, peppers and meat), tossed in a seasoned pan and heated over the fire. Perfection!


I can't wait to do this all over again!

Easy Breezy Fancy Smancy Scramble

I have an obsession with breakfast food. I can eat eggs morning, noon and night and any style—scrambled, poached, fried, hard-boiled, I like it! This weekend I hadn’t made it to the grocery store yet and it was lunch time and I was hungry. Here’s what I pulled out of the fridge:

• Carton of egg whites
• Sun dried tomatoes
• Artichoke hearts
• Goat cheese
• Bread

I was hoping I had some mushrooms and frozen spinach lying around, but nope. Those would have been excellent additions to make my scramble even fancy shmancier. The nice thing is this literally takes just minutes to make. I made this for myself…but if you’re making it for the family just eyeball the ingredients and add more of the stuff you like. You can’t really have too much good stuff in your eggs!

Add sundried tomatoes and artichoke hearts to medium heat. Add 2 eggs or about ¼ cup of any brand of egg whites. Toast whole wheat bread, and English muffin or bagel while mixture cooks. Mix until eggs are cooked thoroughly. Toss some goat cheese on top, add salt and pepper to taste, butter up your bread and voila! A super simple, expensive looking meal in just minutes!